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Thursday, September 16, 2010

EADS advances Barracuda flight-test programme

Baracuda UAVEADS has completed a new series of flight tests using its Barracuda unmanned air vehicle technology demonstrator, which it says validated "advanced technologies and new procedures under realistic conditions".

Conducted from Goose Bay air base in Canada, the four-sortie campaign totalled 2h 42min, and involved the Barracuda flying "completely autonomously along pre-programmed flight profiles", says EADS Defence & Security.

Test highlights included proving the UAV's automatic taxiing mode, automatic target detection equipment and sense and avoid technologies, the company says. The latter included work to support the BWB procurement agency's Agile UAV in a network-centric environment study.

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